Vallejo meeting to introduce foreclosed property registry

Vallejo set in motion a foreclosed property registration ordinance in February.

Now, as the registry is on the brink of launching for community-wide enforcement, the city's Code Enforcement Division has set a public meeting on the issue -- for mortgage holders, banks and concerned residents alike.

"The public fought hard for this vacant property registration program," Code Enforcement Manager Nimat Shakoor-Grantham said. "We want to show people. With this program we're not waiting until the squatters break into the property."

Those responsible for foreclosed properties -- more than 300 unique sites in some stage of foreclosure have been identified by the city already -- will be required to register and pay the city $368 per foreclosed property, board up and secure the site within 10 days, perform monthly site visits, maintain the property and visibly provide their contact information for neighbors, among other provisions, Shakoor-Grantham said.

The meeting is set to run from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the John F. Kennedy Library's Joseph Room, 505 Santa Clara St.

For more information, contact Shakoor-Grantham at 648-4522 and nimat@ci.vallejo.ca.us, or Senior Code Enforcement Officer Dong Yoo at 648-4389 and dyoo@ci.vallejo.ca.us.